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The invitation list for the Tax Forum is available for dowload [PDF 191KB].
The Tax Forum brought together a broad range of views on priorities and directions for reforming our tax and transfer system. Participants included representatives of the community, business, unions and government, as well as academics and other tax experts.
A number of official observers also attended the Tax Forum, including members of the general public and students from schools and universities.
Participants
| SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANTS | 187 |
|---|---|
| Community Representatives | 41 |
| Business Representatives and Tax Practitioners | 45 |
| Union Representatives | 13 |
| Superannuation Fund and Financial Planning Representatives | 10 |
| Academics and other Tax Experts | 25 |
| Federal Government (not all participants will attend all sessions) | 19 |
| Federal Crossbenchers | 9 |
| Federal Agencies | 6 |
| State and Territory Governments | 8 |
| Local Government | 3 |
| Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel | 5 |
| GST Distribution Review Panel | 3 |
| Community Representatives | 41 |
| Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians – Chairman | Everald Compton |
| Age Discrimination Commissioner | Susan Ryan |
| Anglicare – Executive Director | Kasy Chambers |
| Association of Independent Retirees – Chairman, Retirement Incomes Research Group | Dr Barry Ritchie |
| Australian Automobile Association – Executive Director | Andrew McKellar |
| Australian Conservation Foundation – Director, Strategic Ideas | Charles Berger |
| Australian Council of Social Service – Chief Executive Officer | Dr Cassandra Goldie |
| Australian Council of Social Service – Senior Policy Officer | Peter Davidson |
| Australian Federation of Disability Organisations – National Policy Officer | Leah Hobson |
| Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association – Executive Director | Prue Power |
| Brotherhood of St Laurence – General Manager, Public Affairs and Development | Nicola Ballenden |
| Carers Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Ara Cresswell |
| Catholic Social Services Australia – Board Member | Bishop Pat Power |
| Community Council for Australia – Chief Executive Officer | David Crosbie |
| Community Housing Federation of Australia – Board Member | Adam Farrar |
| Community Tax Forum – Chair | Julian Disney |
| COTA Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Ian Yates AM |
| Early Childhood Australia to choose | 1 participant |
| Equality Rights Alliance | Marie Coleman AO |
| Greenpeace Australia Pacific – Political Team Leader | Jeremy Tager |
| Jobs Australia – Chief Executive Officer | David Thompson AM |
| Left Right Think-Tank – Queensland Policy Manager | Alexander McLaren |
| Mental Health Council of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Frank Quinlan |
| Mission Australia – General Manager, Social Advocacy and Public Affairs | Eleri Morgan-Thomas |
| National Centre of Indigenous Excellence to choose | 1 participant |
| National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples to choose | 1 participant |
| National Foundation for Australian Women | Helen Hodgson |
| National Housing Supply Council – Chair | Owen Donald |
| National Seniors Australia to choose | 1 participant |
| National Shelter – Chairman | Adrian Pisarski |
| National Welfare Rights Network | Maree O’Halloran |
| Nine Network / 2GB | Ross Greenwood |
| Not-For-Profit Sector Reform Council – Chair | Linda Lavarch |
| Oxfam Australia – Director, Public Policy and Outreach | James Ensor |
| Philanthropy Australia – President | Bruce Bonyhady AM |
| Regional Development Australia – Chair, RDA Goldfields Esperance Committee | Mal Osborne |
| Salvation Army to choose | 1 participant |
| Seven Network | David Koch |
| St Vincent de Paul to choose | 1 participant |
| Uniting Care Australia – National Director | Lin Hatfield Dodds |
| Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide – Chief Executive Officer | Simon Schrapel |
| Business Representatives and Tax Practitioners | 45 |
| Abacus – Australian Mutuals – Head of Public Affairs | Mark Degotardi |
| Arnold Bloch Leibler – Senior Partner | Mark Leibler AC |
| AusBiotech – Chief Executive Officer | Dr Anna Lavelle |
| Australian Bankers’ Association – Chief Executive Officer | Steven Münchenberg |
| Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Chief Executive Officer | Peter Anderson |
| Australian Financial Markets Association – Executive Director | Duncan Fairweather |
| Australian Industry Group – Director, Public Policy | Dr Peter Burn |
| Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association – Executive Director | Philip Halton |
| Australian Logistics Council – Chief Executive Officer | Michael Kilgariff |
| Australian National Retailers’ Association – Chief Executive Officer | Margaret Osmond |
| Australian Retailers Association – Executive Director | Russell Zimmerman |
| Australian Trucking Association – Chairman | David Simon |
| BMG – Director | Darren Yates |
| Business Coalition for Tax Reform – Chair | Tom Pockett |
| Business Council of Australia – Chief Executive | Jennifer Westacott |
| Central Equity Ltd – Executive Chairman | Eddie Kutner |
| Chelle Corporation Pty Ltd – Accountant | Michelle Wilson |
| Committee for Economic Development of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | The Hon Stephen Martin |
| Corporate Tax Association of Australia – Executive Director | Frank Drenth |
| Council of Small Business of Australia – Executive Director | Peter Strong |
| CPA Australia – Head, Business and Investment Policy | Paul Dru m |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu – Leader, Asia-Pacific Transfer Pricing | Paul Riley |
| Ernst & Young – Senior Tax Partner | Alf Capito |
| Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries – Acting Chief Executive | Steve Payne |
| Group of 100 – President | Peter Lewis |
| Housing Industry Association – Managing Director | Shane Goodwin |
| Infrastructure Partnerships Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Brendan Lyon |
| Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia – Tax Counsel | Yasser El-Ansary |
| Institute of Public Accountants – Senior Tax Adviser | Tony Greco |
| Insurance Council of Australia – General Manager, Economics and Taxation | Alex Sanchez |
| KPMG Australia – National Managing Partner, Tax | Rosheen Garnon |
| Law Council of Australia – Chair, Taxation Committee, Business Law Section | Teresa Dyson |
| Master Builders Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Wilhelm Harnisch |
| M H Carnegie & Co Pty Ltd – Chief Executive Officer | Mark Carnegie |
| Minerals Council of Australia – Chair, Tax Committee | Ann-Maree Wolff |
| Mirvac / Pacific Brands Ltd / Gloucester Coal Ltd – Chairman | James MacKenzie |
| National Farmers’ Federation – Day 1: President / Day 2: General Manager, Policy |
Day 1: Jock Laurie / Day 2: Charlie McElhone |
| O’Regan & Partners – Partner | Anne Marie O’Callaghan |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers – National Managing Partner, Corporate Tax | Tom Seymour |
| Property Council of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Peter Verwer |
| Real Estate Institute of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Amanda Lynch |
| Ruddicks Chartered Accountants – Partner | Craig Leighton |
| The Tax Institute – Senior Tax Counsel | Robert Jeremenko |
| Toll Holdings – Chairman | Raymond Horsburgh AM |
| Tourism and Transport Forum – Chief Executive Officer | John Lee |
| Union Representatives | 13 |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions – Secretary | Jeff Lawrence |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions – President | Ged Kearney |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions – Assistant Secretary | Tim Lyons |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions – Assistant Secretary | Michael Borowick |
| Australian Manufacturing Workers Union – National Secretary | Dave Oliver |
| Australian Services Union – Assistant National Secretary | Linda White |
| Australian Workers’ Union – National Secretary | Paul Howes |
| Community and Public Sector Union – National Secretary | Nadine Flood |
| Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union – National Secretary | Michael O’Connor |
| National Union of Workers – National Secretary | Charlie Donnelly |
| Transport Workers Union of Australia – National Secretary | Tony Sheldon |
| Unions NSW – Secretary | Mark Lennon |
| United Voice – National Secretary | Louise Tarrant |
| Superannuation Fund and Financial Planning Representatives | 10 |
| Association of Super Funds of Australia – Director, Research and Resource Centre | Ross Clare |
| Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees – Chief Executive Officer | Fiona Reynolds |
| Challenger Limited – Head of Government Relations | David Cox |
| Financial Planning Association of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Mark Rantall |
| Financial Services Council – Director of Policy | Martin Codina |
| Industry Funds Management – Chair | Garry Weaven |
| Industry Super Network – Chief Executive Officer | David Whiteley |
| Institute of Actuaries Australia | To be advised |
| Mercer – Senior Partner | David Knox |
| SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia – Chief Executive Officer | Andrea Slattery |
| Academics and other Tax Experts | 25 |
| Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute – Executive Director | Dr Ian Winter |
| Australian National University – Distinguished Professor, Crawford School of Economics and Government | Ross Garnaut AO |
| Centre for Independent Studies – Senior Fellow | Robert Carling |
| Curtin University – Professor, Curtin Business School | Dale Pinto |
| Deloitte Access Economics – Director | Ric Simes |
| Flinders University – Principal Research Fellow, National Institute of Labour Studies | Susan Richardson |
| Grattan Institute – Program Director, Productivity Growth | Saul Eslake |
| Grattan Institute – Honorary Research Fellow | Bruce Cohen |
| La Trobe University – Professor, School of Economics and Finance | Harry Clarke |
| OECD Centre for Tax Policy & Administration – Senior Advisor | Richard Highfield |
| University of Canberra – Director, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling | Alan Duncan |
| University of Melbourne – Professor, Department of Economics | John Freebairn |
| University of Melbourne – Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research | Deborah Cobb-Clark |
| University of Melbourne – Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School | Ann O’Connell |
| University of Melbourne – Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School | Miranda Stewart |
| University of New South Wales – Professor, Australian School of Taxation and Business Law | Chris Evans |
| University of New South Wales – Professor, Australian School of Taxation and Business Law | Neil Warren |
| University of New South Wales – Professor, Social Policy Research Centre | Peter Whiteford |
| University of Sydney – Professor, Department of Political Economy | Frank Stilwell |
| University of Sydney – Associate Professor, School of Economics | Judy Yates |
| University of Sydney – Professor, Sydney Law School | Graeme Cooper |
| University of Queensland – Professor, School of Economics | Flavio Menezes |
| University of Queensland – Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law | Kerrie Sadiq |
| University of Tasmania – Associate Professor, School of Government | Richard Eccleston |
| University of Western Australia – Professor, Business School | Paul Gerrans |
| Federal Government (not all participants will attend all sessions) | 19 |
| Prime Minister | The Hon Julia Gillard MP |
| Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer | The Hon Wayne Swan MP |
| Minister for Finance and Deregulation | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
| Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP |
| Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation | The Hon Bill Shorten MP |
| Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Transport | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP |
| Minister for Health and Ageing | The Hon Nicola Roxon MP |
| Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | The Hon Tony Burke MP |
| Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government | The Hon Simon Crean MP |
| Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
| Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP |
| Minister for Small Business | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
| Minister for Employment Participation and Child Care | The Hon Kate Ellis MP |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer | The Hon David Bradbury MP |
| Government representative | Sharon Grierson MP |
| Government representative | Dr Andrew Leigh MP |
| Government representative | Julie Owens MP |
| Government representative | Bernie Ripoll MP |
| Federal Crossbenchers | 9 |
| Independent Member for Lyne | Robert Oakeshott MP |
| Independent Member for New England | Tony Windsor MP |
| Independent Member for Denison | Andrew Wilkie MP |
| Australian Greens Leader | Senator Bob Brown |
| Australian Greens Deputy Leader | Senator Christine Milne |
| Independent Senator for South Australia | Senator Nick Xenophon |
| Independent Member for Kennedy | The Hon Bob Katter MP |
| DLP Senator for Victoria | Senator John Madigan |
| Nationals Member for O’Connor | Tony Crook MP |
| Federal Agencies | 6 |
| Australian Taxation Office – Commissioner of Taxation | Michael D’Ascenzo AO |
| Board of Taxation – Chairman | Chris Jordan AO |
| Commonwealth Ombudsman – Taxation | Allan Asher |
| Infrastructure Australia – Chairman | Sir Rod Eddington |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | Ali Noroozi |
| Productivity Commission – Chairman | Gary Banks AO |
| State and Territory Governments | 8 |
| New South Wales Treasurer | The Hon Mike Baird MP |
| Victorian Treasurer | The Hon Kim Wells MP |
| Queensland Treasurer | The Hon Andrew Fraser MP |
| Western Australian Treasurer | The Hon Christian Porter MLA |
| South Australian Treasurer | The Hon Jack Snelling MP |
| Tasmanian Premier and Treasurer | The Hon Lara Giddings MP |
| Australian Capital Territory Acting Chief Minister and Treasurer | The Hon Andrew Barr MLA |
| Northern Territory Treasurer | The Hon Delia Lawrie MLA |
| Local Government | 3 |
| Australian Local Government Association – Day 1: President / Day 2: Chief Executive Officer |
Day 1: Genia McCaffery / Day 2: Adrian Beresford-Wylie |
| Council of Mayors (SEQ) – Executive Director | John Cherry |
| Western Australian Local Government Association – Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Wayne Scheggia |
| Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel | 5 |
| Chair | Dr Ken Henry AC |
| Member | Dr Jeff Harmer AO |
| Member | Professor John Piggott |
| Member | Heather Ridout |
| Member | Greg Smith |
| GST Distribution Review Panel | 3 |
| Member | The Hon Nick Greiner AC |
| Member | The Hon John Brumby |
| Member | Bruce Carter |
Observers
| SUMMARY OF OBSERVERS | 46 |
|---|---|
| General Public | 10 |
| Students | 10 |
| Federal Departments and Agencies | 18 |
| State and Territory Departments | 8 |
| General Public | 10 |
| Australian Capital Territory | Melinda Stinziani |
| New South Wales | Lilian Huynh |
| New South Wales | Patricia Muscat |
| Queensland | Lisa Lahey |
| Queensland | Simone Mouritz |
| Tasmania | Philip Coogan |
| Victoria | Grant Belchamber |
| Victoria | Luke Buckley |
| Victoria | Matt Cowgill |
| Victoria | Ani Tuna |
| Students | 10 |
| Australian National University – Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws student | Ashoor Khan |
| Deakin University – Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws student | Chris Keppel |
| Macquarie University – Masters of Social Research and Policy student | Bess Harrison |
| Monash University – Masters of Professional Accounting student | Damian Garthwaite |
| University of New South Wales – PhD student | Jason Kerr |
| University of New South Wales – PhD student | Sally Joseph |
| University of Queensland – Bachelor of Arts (Economics) / Bachelor of Laws student | Chris Mellish |
| University of Queensland – PhD student | Nance Frawley |
| University of Tasmania – Bachelor of Economics student | Michael Jayatilaka |
| University Senior College – Year 12 student | Keelin Murphy |
| Federal Departments and Agencies | 18 |
| Treasury – Secretary | Dr Martin Parkinson PSM |
| Treasury – Revenue Group Executive Director | Rob Heferen |
| 4 positions to be rotated: | |
| Treasury – Revenue Group Chief Adviser | Tom Reid |
| Treasury – Revenue Group Chief Adviser | Paul Tilley |
| Treasury &nd ash; Revenue Group General Manager, Business Tax Division |
Paul McCullough |
| Treasury – Revenue Group General Manager, Indirect Tax Division | Brenda Berkeley |
| Treasury – Revenue Group General Manager, International Tax and Treaties Division | Mike Rawstron |
| Treasury – Revenue Group General Manager, Personal and Retirement Income Division | Trevor Thomas |
| Treasury – Revenue Group General Manager, Tax Analysis Division | Maryanne Mrakovcic |
| Treasury – Revenue Group General Manager, Tax System Division | Gerry Antioch |
| Treasury – Board of Taxation Secretary | Roger Paul |
| Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – Secretary | Dr Ian Watt AO |
| Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – First Assistant Secretary, Economic Division | David Hazlehurst |
| Department of Finance and Deregulation – Secretary | David Tune |
| Department of Finance and Deregulation – Deputy Secretary, Budget Group | David Martine |
| Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Secretary | Finn Pratt PSM |
| Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Deputy Secretary | Liza Carroll |
| Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Deputy Secretary | Andrew Tongue |
| Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations – Secretary | Lisa Paul AO PSM |
| Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations – Deputy Secretary | John Kovacic |
| Australian Taxation Office – Second Commissioner | David Butler |
| Australian Taxation Office – Second Commissioner | Bruce Quigley |
| Australian Taxation Office – Second Commissioner | Jennie Granger |
| State and Territory Departments | 8 |
| New South Wales Treasury – Acting Secretary | Michael Lambert |
| Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance – Secretary | Grant Hehir |
| Queensland Treasury – Under Treasurer and Under Secretary | Gerard Bradley |
| Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance – Under Treasurer | Timothy Marney |
| South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance – Acting Under Treasurer | Garry Goddard |
| Tasmanian Department of Treasury and Finance – Secretary | Martin John Wallace |
| Australian Capital Territory Department of Treasury – Under Treasurer | Megan Smithies |
| Northern Territory Treasury – Under Treasurer | Jennifer Prince |